diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 28e399d3b46..8f79383ca56 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
   . Fixed bug #78632 (method_exists() in php74 works differently from php73 in
     checking priv. methods). (Nikita)
 
+- Iconv:
+  . Fixed bug #78642 (Wrong libiconv version displayed). (gedas at martynas,
+    cmb).
+
 - Pcntl:
   . Fixed bug #77335 (PHP is preventing SIGALRM from specifying SA_RESTART).
     (Nikita)
diff --git a/ext/iconv/iconv.c b/ext/iconv/iconv.c
index f70dcbf6138..d4244b19f43 100644
--- a/ext/iconv/iconv.c
+++ b/ext/iconv/iconv.c
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ PHP_MINIT_FUNCTION(miconv)
 	{
 		static char buf[16];
 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d.%d",
-		    ((_libiconv_version >> 8) & 0x0f), (_libiconv_version & 0x0f));
+			_libiconv_version >> 8, _libiconv_version & 0xff);
 		version = buf;
 	}
 #elif HAVE_GLIBC_ICONV